HCPCS Level II codes commonly are referred to as national codes or. by the acronym HCPCS (pronounced âhik-piksâ), which stands for. the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. HCPCS codes. are used for billing Medicare and Medicaid patients and have been. adopted by some third-party payers.
Fado is traditional folk music popular in the Lisbon area of Portugal. Melancholy by nature, the music includes instruments like guitars and mandolins with one Fadista singing poetic lyrics related to darker elements of love, death and sadness. The music may, however, occasionally include some humor.
Instrumentation, Lyrical Dimension, and Styles. The typical musical accompaniment of fado is rather sparse, usually consisting solely of stringed instruments such as the classical guitar (known in Portuguese as viola), the bass guitar (viola-baixo) used to stress the rhythm, and the Portuguese guitar (guitarra).